Friday, February 25, 2011

The Morning Blog

Libya continues to be awful. Notably, the flag of the opposition is now flying outside of the UN instead of Qaddafi's.

North Korea may be facing a massive food shortage. Which is not a good thing for a nuclear power to have. Especially not a completely insane one. It's questionable how bad the food shortage might actually be: The North Koreans are claiming that 80% of their spring harvest may fail. Outside observers however, state that while the food supply is terrible, it's no more terrible than in it's been in years past. Though food prices were an instigating cause for the Arabic uprisings, it's unlikely that something similar will occur in North Korea. Most notably because most North Koreans have no idea that there's been an Arabic uprising.

Fortunately, the Dear Leader has remarkable abilities that will shepherd the North Koreans through all this.

So much for Wisconsin. Or maybe not. I guess the bill stripping unions of collective bargaining rights will now head to the state senate. Undoubtedly, the circus will continue. In the meantime I have to ask: Who the hell is managing the nations precious cheese resources?

The FBI has arrested a young Saudi man on suspicion of terrorism charges. In addition to allegedly being a terrorist, it sounds like he was most definitely a crappy roommate.

I like this lady. As an act of defiance (and common sense economics), she's opted to avoid New York's monstrous tobacco taxes by growing her own. I agree with her completely, that the purpose of taxes is revenue collection, not to coerce behavior.

It's a snowy, nasty day so I'm happy to say that this guy is pretty awesome too. He's a jury nullification activist; he urges jurors to refuse to convict people for violating laws that the jurors don't agree with. He was indicted on jury tampering charges for handing out pamphlets to that affect on the steps of a courthouse. Bear in mind, his pamphlets had nothing to do with any specific case, they merely urged jurors to follow their consciences. I have a very, very hard time understanding how this isn't protected behavior under the First Amendment.

Good and (somewhat related) news: Georgia is beginning to look at some commonsense and cost effective alternatives to prison for drug offenders.

More good news! It's a banner day: In the wake of Obama's decision to stop defending the ludicrous Defense of Marriage Act, Republican rebukes have been... comparatively mild. Whether this means that Republicans are actually waking up and realizing that pleas for small government have to include keeping government out of citizens love lives remains to be seen. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that this heralds a new-found appreciation for liberty amongst Conservatives.

Of course, I'm also cautiously optimistic that I'll win the lottery today. We'll just have to see how that turns out.

It is officially a theme for the day! MORE GOOD NEWS! Our long national nightmare may finally be at an end! Of course, things could always turn around provided Charlie Sheen manages to go all Cairo on CBS:

“I urge all my beautiful and loyal fans who embraced this show for almost a decade to walk with me side-by-side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong.”

Sadly, he was unable to offer any further advice on crack.

Speaking of crack... Let's hope that doesn't become the new theme for the day.

Nope! More good news! Scientists have developed a fungus that kills malaria in mosquitoes.

Well, the good times couldn't last I guess. This is frightening.

Yikes! This too! Undoubtedly, it's all part of a dastardly plot by the Mole Man.

Wired reports that the courts will likely uphold the constitutionality of nude body scanners. Evidently, a need to travel is not consistent with Fourth Amendment rights. What options does that leave citizens? Here's one.

Let's end with a little something for the Girlfriend.

Kacee Bait: Off the beaten path with Chris "Crystal" Dale.

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